Mystical poem written 8-11-25. Theiatry Cycle 1.
1. One day I will be gone, And the dust will fall across my Book, I will no longer mutter my Word, Or rise at dawn to pray One day my great commission, This precious burden, Will fall from my shoulders, For a time I will walk among the shades, In the Fields Of Mourning, And call them to my side, Lighting the path as I may I will take their burdens, One by one by one, Becoming heavy and dark, With the smoke of regret Black with loss and sighing, I will go down further, Ever further into the depths, Far beyond any light 2. Below Tartarus, Stinking with miasma, Climbing down broken darkness, And time wound round itself Here there are ancient gods, The parents of our parents, Bound, broken and bloody, Torn bits buried Moments of a war long past, Hanging in the always, Perpetually painful, Eternally occurring What are we to do with this family? Our grandparents are alive always, Neverending in open time, And myths that branch and repeat Can we tell that brand new story? Can we set a light out on the porch, To guide the lost, Back home in the storm? 3. There are Strangers in this house, Those who walk willingly, Through the ancient halls of Erebus, Tending to those who weep There is a story among the shades, That we have heard and taken up, It tells us all that, The Prisoners Will Be Freed That the punishments will end, That the Furies will be released, From their endless labor, That the shadows will be emptied The Great Hall, Will become a welcoming feast, Where the Great Majority, Will come together in joy Silly tale or prophecy, Who can ever tell? But within these pale halls, I can smell flowers
Art: Odilon Redon, “Lady Of The Flowers”, (1895)
The age of restful feasting will soon be here.
That’s what I’m working towards!
Beautiful and sad – like life. Thank you.
Thank you so much, San!
Beautiful imagery! The end reminds me of the apocatastatis of Christian universalist thinkers like Origen, except with a pagan twist.
That’s the idea, sort of.
The goals/prophecies of theiatry are:
The Family Shall Be Healed: the family is all deities, all spiritual life, and all organic life. This refers to the relationships between all members of the family. This shall be accomplished through the means appropriate to the relationship. The first ritual I am writing is “The Wedding Of Hera And Zeus”, where the idea is to reach back into mythic time through full invocations and magickal theater to give the Queen and King a wedding which sets the stage for a better, more free, and more loving story that the gods can freely choose to live in. Other targets are the relationships between the Olympians and the Titans, the Primordials and basically everyone, and so on. I have a lot of work to do.
The Prisoners Shall Be Freed: the prices on the books for all prisoners in the Underworld shall be paid. This will be accomplished through magickal interventions, similar to Orthodox and Catholic prayers for the souls of the dead and for their redemption. This has to be done on a case by case basis and will be an active, ongoing work of finding a given prisoner, learning their story and what they need (Xeno Position methods…”I am a Stranger here and I would like to get to know you”), and then helping resolve what is keeping them bound and unable to reincarnate.
The Curses Shall Be Lifted: the myths are full of tales where the gods curse people. Narcissus, Echo, Medusa, and Arachnae are the obvious examples. But this didn’t stop with them…there are humans and other types of beings who live under these kinds of ongoing curses. Those people must be discovered, the curses examined, and then loosened and lifted.
That is a beautiful vision, thank you for sharing it in your work.🙏
And thank you for your reading and support!